Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 October 22

= October 22 =

Film: The Man Who Barked Like a Dog
I have been unable to find any information about the film in the headline above.

I saw it only once, on late night television on a Michigan station in the 1960's. (It could possibly have been a British film.) It had a moral message and a protagonist somewhat similar to Scrooge in Dicken's "A Christmas Carol."

Briefly, a wealthy, insensitive and abusive businessman miraculously is turned into a dog, retaining his human mental capacity and memory, and is faced with the difficulty of survival as a dog. Ironically, he is able to accomplish this by befriending a young boy to whom he had been unkind before his transformation, and who, of course, sees him only as a stray dog, and, soon, his dog. When, near the end of the film, unknown to the child, the man is restored to his human form - and the dog disappears, the boy is brokenhearted. The conclusion is a very touching scene in which the man, whom the boy knew only as an antagonist, attempts to form a relationship with him without telling him the unbelievable truth, and eventually simulates a game they used to play, known only to the two of them - by getting on all fours, and finding, picking up with his mouth, and dropping at the boy's feet, the very twig that the boy used to throw for him to retrieve. The boy, suddenly enlightened, tearfully exclaims, "You're...my... dog!"

The man was played by an actor I can best describe as being reminiscent of Peter Ustinov. The setting, as I recall it, was an industrial city, possible in the early twentieth century.

No research I have attempted has yielded any information to indicate that this film ever existed, and I can't understand how such a well realized and entertaining film could have disappeared without leaving a trace. Can Wikipedia solve the mystery? Curious in NYC (talk)
 * The Man Who Wagged His Tail. --Viennese Waltz 12:07, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Better known (in English) as "An Angel Passed Over Brooklyn".--Shantavira|feed me 12:56, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * And it really was Peter Ustinov! Alansplodge (talk) 01:49, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Please tell me more, Alansplodge!Curious in NYC (talk) 07:26, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * He just means that the actor in the film who you remembered as being "reminiscent of Peter Ustinov" really was Peter Ustinov – he starred in the film. --Viennese Waltz 07:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Sharpe DVD Box Set Collection - Missing Battle Map
I bought the Sharpe 16 DVD Box Set Collection (second-hand) as a present for someone but the 19th Century Battle Map wasn't with it. Does anyone knoe where can I get a copy of it ? --90.152.3.186 (talk) 12:52, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's very unfortunate. This is easy for me to say, but you should probably have asked the seller whether the box was complete before you bought it.  There are a number of copies for sale on eBay with the map included, but I can't imagine anyone would want to sell you the map on its own as that would mean another incomplete copy of the box.  Good luck. --Viennese Waltz 13:40, 22 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Indeed, it might be easier to return your purchase and claim a refund, and then buy the complete item elsewhere.--Shantavira|feed me 15:35, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Although the chances of the seller agreeing to a refund are I would say remote. --Viennese Waltz 15:46, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

I got it from I store called Cash Converters, I that helps. 90.152.3.186 (talk) 11:05, 23 October 2012 (UTC)


 * You may have some luck asking if they will exchange it for another copy in-store that has the map. 209.131.76.183 (talk) 19:06, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

I think that that was they only copy that they had in the store. 90.152.3.186 (talk) 11:34, 24 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Cash Converters (for those not familiar with them) is a chain of second-hand stores who buy items from walk-in customers and then resells them, as well as lending money, a type of Pawnshop, in fact. The item will therefore almost certainly have been bought by them in its map-less state, and would implicitly have been sold on an "as-seen" basis, so caveat emptor applies. It might even have been priced less than if it had been complete, although the deficiency might not have been noticed. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 84.21.143.150 (talk) 13:06, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

song on the radio today
I was shopping tonight and heard a song that I liked. The rest of the music playing in the shop was certainly current charting stuff, so I'll assume the one I'm trying to find is too. I've tried the BBC's top 40 list and couldn't find it, and I tried searching for the small part of the chorus that I think I heard right (but I'm not sure if I did). The singer is male, it has a faintly pop vibe, the intro starts with lovely keyboard melodies, and I think part of the chorus is something like, "come back to me naked". (I don't know if the word was actually naked, I was trying to decipher it at the time but couldn't). Any ideas? 92.13.73.2 (talk) 20:30, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Stab in the dark: Somebody That I Used To Know? -- Jayron  32  22:45, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Nope. Know that one!  The one I'm thinking of is more poppy.  I'm also beginning to wonder if the lyrics were more like, "I want you to come here naked".  Of course I'm leading everyone badly astray if the word wasn't really naked.  92.13.73.2 (talk) 07:01, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Could it be Come Back to Me by David Cook? Hisham1987 (talk) 21:08, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * No. But thank you both for trying!  92.13.73.2 (talk) 06:50, 26 October 2012 (UTC)